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8/16/09

freshwater and bonefishing hawaii:

lake report and the d blog

 

spent a nice casual day on the lake with bonefish guide extradonaire e.t.  the fishing was a little tough by lake standards.  it seems like the fish are not yet completely adjusted to the lake water level.  the visibility was okay but not great at most places.  there was a big school of fish busting sporadically by miki miki flat.  perhaps they were busting better in the early morning but we didn’t get out there until ten thirty or eleven.  e.t. and i fished some new flies that i tied up earlier and managed to bang out a couple of tucs from the tough bust and a bunch of red devils.  even the devil fishing was pretty slow by red devil sight fishing standards anyway.  we still got a bunch of them it just took a little more effort and looking.  we also saw peacocks guarding their fry.  e.t. hooked a five inch cichlid that got eaten by a big peacock.  he fought it for a while before the fish spit out the cichlid. then another peacock (or maybe the same one) ate the same beat up cichlid.  a nice little flurry of action.  e.t. eventually ended up losing all of my new flies (gotta practice those light tippet knots e.t.).  it was just good fun all around.

 

on the hawaii bonefishing front check out deano’s bamboo blog for the latest on his bamboo spey adventures.  i’ll be leaving for no cal and oregon soon.  hopefully i’ll be able to blog from there... i'm a walking technical difficulty, ya know. we shall see.

 

nwff guide e.t. takes a break from the bonefish grind with a four weight on the lake.

 

nice two pounder from the tough bust.

 

beadhead ice wing fiber streamers.

 

last fish of the day.  a perfect creamsicle or should i say creamsiclelid.  as is always the case with e.t. good fishing and good times.

 

clay.


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